Trump nominated former Republican lawmaker Scott Garrett as president of the Export-Import Bank.
Apr 15, 2017
However, there will be no quick turnaround in the near future given the challenging economy.
Apr 3, 2017
The dollar index was steady on the day at 100.030 .DXY.
Mar 30, 2017
US Treasury futures were up 0.18 percent Sunday, indicating that yields would start the week lower when bonds start trading in Asia later.
Mar 27, 2017
The Singapore dollar has fallen 0.64% against the USD this week, moving off a 4-month high of 1.3975 fetched earlier in the week.
Mar 3, 2017
The Nikkei PMI came in at 51.4 down from 51.6 in Jan. The Feb SIPMM indicator was also down to 50.9 from 51.0.
Mar 3, 2017
The overnight policy rate is held at 3%.
Mar 2, 2017
Retail sales numbers came better than expected but industrial output was below expectations. CPI data is due on Friday.
Mar 2, 2017
The SGD is trading near two-month high versus the Hong Kong dollar too.
Feb 28, 2017
So far this month, the Singapore dollar is 0.5% up against the greenback, adding to the 2.7% rally in January.
Feb 25, 2017
Trump is scheduled to address a joint session of the lawmakers on Feb 28.
Feb 25, 2017
The bank said it considered the weakness of economic activity and uncertainty about the speed of convergence of inflation to its target.
Feb 25, 2017
The Telenor shares were up for the past few days and at Wednesday's close, the Norwegian stock was up 2.8% so far this week.
Feb 23, 2017
The MAS core inflation measure has surged to 1.5% y-y from 1.2%, beating market consensus of 1.3% rise.
Feb 23, 2017
China and Singapore will hold a series of meetings in Beijing on February 27.
Feb 22, 2017